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Subject: RE: Dirty Dogs
From: "Emmanuel Turner" <et @ shadowfax . whanganui . ac . nz>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:36:24 +1200
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Reply-to: et @ shadowfax . whanganui . ac . nz

I've just checked my httpd accesslogs and found that my Polytech's 
server has been subjected to the cgi-bin/phf hack too.  As far as I 
can tell, no damage was done, though the hackers tried to :
- Kill processes on the server
- Reboot the server
- Create user accounts
- View the passwd file
- delete files

The attacks have come from various places and I've emailed the site 
admins, it will be interesting to see what kind of response I get.  
Lets just hope that the response is better than the one AOL gives :-)

---------------
Emmanuel Turner
IT Dept
Wanganui Polytech

NB : All opinions expressed, spelling and grammatical errors are mine and not my employers.


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